4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

[stephen]

Beautiful drive there.

 

[vicleggie]

Should give Denzel a couple overs before lunch

 

[silentstriker]

Ominous.

 

[Starfighter]

Someone has the telly on and I've just seen the replay for Harris' dismissal. **** me.

Still quite a bit of swing out there, which is surprising.

 

[silentstriker]

Did he just pronounce baton as “bantan”

 

[stephen]

Should give Denzel a couple overs before lunch

I hear most of the time he's quite boring but just recently he's been a riot.

 

[vicleggie]

It's Tha-koor, as old mate said above. But

The Tha is an asphyrated "th" where you leave some space between tongue and palette and release a burst of air when pronouncing the "th". Like you do with the "th" in "thigh".

And without the long "o" on "koor", and without the "r" being pronounced, it sounds weird as ****.

'Shardul "Ta-keh" from the Vulture Street end'... **** my life.

Yes I was going to specify it wasnt a proper 'th', more the tongue thing, but I thought it would be too much for these folk.

 

[Prince EWS]

It's Tha-koor, as old mate said above. But

The Tha is an asphyrated "t" where you leave some space between tongue and palette and release a burst of air when pronouncing the "t". Sort of like you do with the "th" in "thigh", but it's a "t". It's very, very hard for English speakers.

I don't expect anyone to get that right, but without the long "o" on "koor", and without the "r" being pronounced, it sounds weird as ****.

'Shardul "Ta-keh" from the Vulture Street end'... **** my life.

Yeah that th is the hardest thing for Aussies to the point where I think not doing 'correctly' should fall more into the accent category than the mispronunciation one.

Pronouncing it like the H isn't there is realistically closer than pronouncing it like in the word "that" too, really.

 

[vicleggie]

Streaky from the Pug

 

[OverratedSanity]

Has the Gabba offered this much sideways movement recently, seems to be a lot more than I'm used to seeing ? Would be a great session if they got one of these two before lunch.

 

[Prince EWS]

Howie: Tuckooer

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

This Indian side has the coolest names tbh.

Washington
Shardul
Siraj

Are all really cool sounding names.

Dont forget R.

 

[Burgey]

Shardul needs a breather.

 

[morgieb]

Has the Gabba offered this much sideways movement recently, seems to be a lot more than I'm used to seeing ? Would be a great session if they got one of these two before lunch.

Other than D/N Tests I don't think so, no.

 

[honestbharani]

Shardul s issues all to see in that one over. Drew the false shot from Smith but the back up delivery is a half volley. A regular AA, that one.

Just so good that our levels are now good enough for him not to be an automatic selection.

 

[Prince EWS]

Has the Gabba offered this much sideways movement recently, seems to be a lot more than I'm used to seeing ? Would be a great session if they got one of these two before lunch.

Often does a bit in the first session and then just completely flattens our for four days after lunch. Has been a little more than normal today though, slightly closer to a Gabba Shield wicket.

 

[Prince EWS]

Shardul s issues all to see in that one over. Drew the false shot from Smith but the back up delivery is a half volley. A regular AA, that one.

Just so good that our levels are now good enough for him not to be an automatic selection.

Haha Agarkar is a great comparison. Even the batting - obviously talented but so little application that he doesn't even score useful runs domestically.

 

[trundler]

Often does a bit in the first session and then just completely flattens our for four days after lunch. Has been a little more than normal today though, slightly closer to a Gabba Shield wicket.

Do you reckon it's because they don't usually hold the Gabba test this time of the year?

 

[Aritro]

Let me take this opportunity to broadly impugn anyone who bowls an inswinger as a stock ball. It's just an inferior form of bowling. Doesn't test the outside edge or make the batsman play outside their eye line. It should be way easier to keep out a ball coming in under your eyes than moving away from it.

I give this decidedly B-grade type of bowling a look of withering condescension, and I've already dismissed any bowler you ****s are going to proffer as a counter-examples

 

[Spark]

Yeah you reaaaally want to be set and in after tea on this pitch.